Melissa Medich PhD MPH is a research assistant professor in the Division of Health Services Research, Department of Urology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her doctoral degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and her MPH degree with certificates in global health and population and reproductive health from the University of California Los Angeles. While her first master’s and post-graduate degrees were achieved at the University of East Anglia she recently returned to her first alma mater. Dr. Medich is primarily a qualitative methodologist with established quantitative and mixed methods analyses skills. Her research, implementation research, and operational evaluation experience bridge a range of health topics including respectful childbirth, patient-reported outcomes, access to primary care, workforce burnout, remote monitoring, and virtual care. Specific areas of Dr. Medich’s research include HIV, severe mental illness, Gulf War Illness, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). At the University of Pittsburgh her research centers on cancer care, telehealth, and patient-centered outcomes research.